Updating an earlier item, The Star-Ledger's Jeremy Cothran, in the "Ledger on Mets" blog, reports New York Mets minor league IF Olmedo Saenz has also received an invitation to attend spring training. He's been primarily a pinch-hitting specialist, but he hit only .191 with four home runs and 18 RBIs last year with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports Los Angeles Dodgers IF Olmedo Saenz will wait until the offseason to make a decision on retirement. He is in the final season of a two-year contract with the Dodgers and will become a free agent at season's end.

Ken Gurnick, of LosAngeles.Dodgers.MLB.com, reports Los Angeles Dodgers 1B Olmedo Saenz will be the team's designated hitter Friday, May 18, and will likely fill that role in at least one of the team's other games this weekend. Saenz will be in the lineup because the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are starting all right-handed pitchers during their weekend series. Left-handed hitting 3B Wilson Betemit could also get a start at designated hitter Saturday, May 19, because Angels SP Jered Weaver is on the mound. Left-handed batters are hitting .356 against Weaver this season.

The Orange County Register's K.J.M. Singleton reports Los Angeles Dodgers IF Olmedo Saenz now has six home runs and 21 RBI in 49 at-bats against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Saenz went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and a walk on Sunday, April 22, to increase his average to .453 lifetime against Pittsburgh.